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Executive Order No. 10230 (March 31, 1951) amended the Selective Service Act of 1948 and authorized a testing program that allowed enrolled freshman through senior full-time students to take a test for possible deferment from military service in order to continue study in programs necessary to the national health, safety or interest. Possible deferment of college students was based on a satisfactory test score of 70. Seniors accepted for admission into graduate school might be deferred if their test score was at least 75.
Summary of Selective Service College Qualification Test Administrations - May 1951 to May 1952*
The source of the following information is: Student Deferment in Selective Service: A Vital Factor in National Security by M.H. Trytten, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1952, page 68. This 140-page book is an excellent, detailed source of information about Selective Service deferment in 1952.]
Total: 3,352 test centers; 339,066 registrants tested; 64 with a score of 70 or above
Total: 2,522 test centers; 74,326 registrants tested; 58 with a score of 70 or above (percentage)
GRAND TOTAL: 5,044 test centers; 413,392 registrants tested; 63 with a score of 70 or above (percentage)